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How to Plug Into the Local Community as a Camper

🚧 TikTok Didn’t Tell Us / This Week’s Freak Out

Heated Water Hose Failure…. On the Eve of Snowmageddon

🫙 Zoomies Tip Jar

Use a long-handled car wash brush as a makeshift snow shovel for your camper.

🚚 From Visitor to Neighbor. Connecting With Local Communities as a Camper

Short-term stays (Couple of weeks)

• Support the local economy. Eat local, promote businesses and campgrounds on social, and leave helpful reviews.
• Look for small ways to give back. Ask locals how to help, donate to community fridges, or join a one-off volunteer event.

Longer-term stays

• Act like residents. Find local communities via Reddit and Instagram, join rec leagues, attend meetups, and vote where we’re based.
• Initiating connections can feel awkward, especially when explaining our camper life.

Meeting our neighbors

• Mixed experiences. Some connections happen easily, others not at all, and it’s hard to read interest.
• When it clicks, it really clicks. We’ve built great neighbor relationships, and even short stays can turn into meaningful conversations.

🚨 Random Larry Report!

He thought Brittany was skipping the propane line!

🐶 Pet Drama Report

Levi is apparently into eating backpacks now?

❓ Random Question of the Week

Do we like the snow? (Yes!)

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🚧 TikTok Didn’t Tell Us / This Week’s Freak Out

Finding random pools of water in the camper can happen!

The kitchen sink faucet ended up leaking when we were dripping water on a cold night. Luckily, there was a trashcan to catch it!

🫙 Zoomies Tip Jar

Enjoy the scent of candles without the fear of an open flame in the camper with a candle warmer!

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🚚 Planning for our grand adventure

We’re planning our next big adventure and walking through how we’re thinking about it.

The big factors are cost, route, schedule, and a few real-world constraints.

Cost

• Estimating campground fees, fuel, and general travel costs. It’s looking like $12–15k on paper, but realistically closer to $20k once surprises hit.
• State parks could be cheaper, but size limits, lack of hookups, and longer stays might make that impractical.
• We won’t have normal living expenses for 7–8 months (~$1,400/month), so overall it may balance out more than it seems.

Route

• Mapping a route that hits places we want to see without requiring multi-day driving stretches.
• Planning one big westward trip rather than multiple crossings, while avoiding moving every few days.
• Timing locations around weather so we’re not stuck in brutal heat at the wrong time.

Schedule

• Likely starting in April, with existing plans in Tennessee anchoring the beginning.
• Need to be back in Tybee Island by Thanksgiving, which sets the outer boundary.
• Goal is to stay at least a week per stop to keep things sustainable.

Other considerations

• Vy’s job situation.
• Whether our current camper is sufficient, even though the temptation to size up is real.
• Logistics like driving regulations across states and organizing everything.
• Yes, this is going in Trello (obvi)!

🐶 Pet Drama Report

Levi has grown accustomed to a particular treat schedule and is now very opinionated about it.

❓ Random Question of the Week

What is the weirdest place you’ve had a “This is my life now” moment?

• Brittany: Recently whenever thawing out the sewer hose, or any time having to think about how the temperature outside will affect the camper’s pipes.
• Vy: Whenever using the commode, because that is a whole

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🚧 TikTok Didn’t Tell Us

We burned a hole in the outdoor rug somehow

🫙 Zoomies Tip Jar

• Make your outside space fun too- your camper experience isn’t just the inside!
• Harbor Freight Table: https://www.harborfreight.com/foldable-camping-table-blue-70074.html

🚚 Where We’ve Been

• Louisiana
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Tennesseee
• Kentucky
• Virginia
• Texas
• New York/Buffalo
• Toronto
• States we’ve slept in: Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Georgia
• Cooling comforter (not the exact one but not similar): https://amzn.to/4pGHo6X

🐶 Pet Drama Report

Lilo has a rough fingernail!

❓ Random Question of the Week

Is rainy camping better in a camper?

Yes! It’s way better and super cozy.

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